parodie — meaning in English
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English meaning
- burlesque noun A variety stage show combining comic sketches, musical numbers and striptease, associated with American theatres of the early twentieth century and revived since the 1990s as a knowingly retro, glamorous performance art.
- parody noun A piece of writing, music, or performance that imitates something else for comic or mocking effect.
- send-up noun A comic imitation of a person, programme or style that exaggerates its most recognisable features in order to make fun of it.
- skit noun A short comic performance, usually a few minutes long, with a single joke or situation at its centre — the kind of thing performed at a school assembly, on a variety show or in a social media video.
- spoof noun A humorous imitation that pokes fun at something, especially a film, show, or genre.
Senses
parodie is used for these senses in English:
burlesque — full definition
- noun A variety stage show combining comic sketches, musical numbers and striptease, associated with American theatres of the early twentieth century and revived since the 1990s as a knowingly retro, glamorous performance art.
- noun A piece of writing, music or theatre that mocks something serious by treating it in a deliberately mismatched way — grand subjects handled cheaply, or trivial subjects handled with mock grandeur.
- verb To imitate something in an exaggerated, mocking way.
parody — full definition
- noun A piece of writing, music, or performance that imitates something else for comic or mocking effect.
- verb To imitate someone or something in a mocking, exaggerated way for comic effect.